Your social media feed is under assault by moving pictures.
In recent months, both Facebook and Twitter have enabled auto-play videos; whenever a video enters your feed or timeline, it automatically starts playing. At best, it is an annoyance that chews through your data cap.
By now you have probably noticed that many of the videos in your news feed now start playing automatically as soon as they load. And like me, you might find that a bit distracting.
Luckily, it’s very easy to disable auto-play videos on Facebook. Just follow these steps:
2 – Click the Down Arrow located in the upper right-hand corner of the window.
3 – Click Settings.
4 – Click the Videos link over in the left-hand column.
5 – Toggle the “Auto-Play Videos” setting to Off.
That’s all there is to it. From now on you shouldn’t see any of the videos in your newsfeed begin to play on their own before you click on them.
Note: If you use Facebook on a mobile device and your version of the app allows you to disable auto-playing videos, you’ll find that setting somewhere in the settings menus.
On Android, you will find the auto-play settings within the Facebook app itself. Tap the menu button and then choose settings.
On an iPhone, go to Settings and scroll down until you find Facebook. Tap on it and then tap Settings. Next, tap on the Autoplay setting and choose either Wi-Fi only or Off so you don’t use a big chunk of your monthly data allotment on Facebook videos.
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